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Obama Campaign Already Releases Ad Attacking Romney on Same-Sex Marriage
- Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:06am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Less than 24 hours after he formally announced his support for same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama’s campaign was out with a new ad hitting Republican rival Mitt Romney as “backwards” for his opposition to it.
The ad opens with Obama saying he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to get married, contrasting it with clips of Romney saying he opposes both gay marriage and civil unions.
“Even President Bush supported civil unions,” the ad states. “President Obama is moving us forward. Mitt Romney would take us back.”
Obama’s announcement Wednesday provided a major boon to his fundraising efforts: within just 90 minutes of the news breaking, the campaign reportedly took in $1 million in donations.
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Comments (124)
Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:37amProgressives always scream that conservatives want to go back. Well, when you’re on the wrong road its often best to go back to get on the right one. Its preferable to becoming more and more lost.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:45ambeautifully put.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:55amGay marriage is a state issue so Romney‘s views much like Obama’s views are irrelevent.
Report Post »Even Obama himself said that he supported gay marriage but as far it‘s legalazation that’s a state issue.
Cymry
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:05amThe gay marriage issue is moot in Americans minds and thus the seemingly absent blowback on barry’s endorsement of the issue. The majority of Americans (even in California) resoundly reject gay marriage by a 2-1 margin which makes this issue a loosing one for the usurper.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:23amDUMB OBAMA CAMPAIGN GUYS! The more they hammer at Mitt, the more he gets to show he’s very humane but not stupid. It is (in Mitt’s words) “ a sensitive subject and one that States must Decide”. I agree with GLENN : IF OBAMA really wanted to push GAY RIGHTS, he’d have introduced a bill in Congress. Obama is flailing now.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:31amThis ad was planned well in advance of the announcement. This kind of stuff doesn’t play with independents at all. They don’t like being manipulated like this.
Obama knows he has to shake every tree and kick every bush for every loose lefty vote in the country to be motivated enough to vote for him in November. He needs them to make up for the independents and soft democrats he’s lost.
Obama’s announcement was tailored to be nothing but a distraction from the national conversation about the economy, jobs and Obama’s awful record on both. I have a feeling it will work about as well as Obama’s Bin Laden ad against Romney.
Dana Perino (Fox analyst) has been quoted as saying “never underestimate the Chicago machine‘s ability to overplay it’s hand”. We’re watching this take place right now.
Report Post »Iron_Dawg
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:52amProgressives / liberals have us on the wrong road, but “we’re making good time!”
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:57amYo Dougral …:
Especilly when that road is the road to Babylon …
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:07pmYo Avengerk:
I agree … he is attempting to get those that are already on his side to vote. He has not lost votes on this … everything he has been doing pointed in this direction. He NEEDS to get those that are with him to vote, the great unifier cares not about those that oppose him.
Report Post »fblair
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:52pmThis proves that the ‘I don’t know, I am evolving’ idea was all a set-up. You know they had the ad already planned so when Obama made his announcement, they could get this attack ad on the air quickly.
I hope he enjoys spending the gay’s money while he is on a permanent vacation.
Report Post »FREDD The WILSON
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 1:10pmObama IS moving Us forward……OVER THE CLIFF!!!
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 1:20pmCouldn’t have said it better myself.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 1:36pmThere’s probably a lot of Gay people out of work…….by the way, will the marriage tax penalty apply to them ???
Report Post »little big man
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 3:32pm“President Obama is moving us forward.
Yeah right off the F-ing cliff.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 4:37pmWATCH THE OTHER HAND!!!
Sweet Old Barack is a master of deception. Everone is talking about his announcement and no one is talking about the real issues.
The Economy, Jobs, the budget, the deficit all are being ignored so that the MSM can swoon over gay marraige.
Where is the coverage of “Fast and Furious”, the ridiculous law suit against Sheriff Joe. The law suits over the states enforcing immigration laws, or wanting picture IDs in order to vote.
COME ON PEOPLE hes done it again, pay attention to what really matters not Sweet Old Baracks BS.
OMG 2012
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 4:39pmanything to try to distract from – 1) O’s abysmal record 2) the results from Tues elections
Report Post »CaptVideo
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 10:32amWell put by Bill Rowland…”Watch my fingers ! They never leave my hand!”
Report Post »Misdirection and Deceit. This is a little more accurate then the hope ‘n change thing.
sWampy
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:34pmIt saddens me that any Americans are so poorly educated, or evil to support something that without leads to more abuse of children.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:35amwhich would u rather go to…a homosexual marriage …or a job?…anything to turn the attention away from what really matters…the economy!….obama will lose…because he is a loser
Report Post »huey6367
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:49amI think a homosexual marriage would be a job
Report Post »mils
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:55amsolutely a smoke screen…and getting romney to respond to his new ads is to take attention away from what is really important in our cuntry
Report Post »obama is destroying us from within..
CatB
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:14amYes .. and this wasn’t anything “spontaneous” because of Biden .. this was PLANNED just like all the rest of Obama’s deceptions .. even Jay Leno was on the team when he TOLD Santorum he was wrong on the issue this week …..
Don‘t fall for it R’s .. get back to Jobs and the Economy that is what people care about!
Report Post »Madmilo
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:35amWhats next from this moron? Romney hates booger pickers? I really don’t care what people do in their bedrooms. Being gay is a sexual preference and not a race of people, So get over the gay rights garbage.
Report Post »What I do in my bedroom is nobodys business. What will be next? Its ok to marry your dog if your into beastiality? How about the real issues jobs, the economy, gas prices, illeagle aliens etc.
Oh wait Obummer can’t run on that.
HorseCrazy
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:45amI agree. and take us back where? where exactly to the entire duration of history of humans where sodomy is not ok? where you marry to be able to produce a family? it really doesn’t even make sense to say “taking us back” I am so sick of this idiot who the liberals and college students elected November cannot come fast enough
Report Post »PATRIOTMAMA
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:34amYa our Liar in Chief just said that he wasn’t doing this for political reasons but somehow less than 24 hrs later they already have a well produced attack ad. People if you can‘t see through this snake tongued liar then you’re not worth your skin. If NOTHING else, this guy waited until it was politically advantageous to announce his “evolution” on this topic. Tell me another one Mr.President!!!
Report Post »stage9
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:32amLet’s take off the rose colored glasses shall we? How can Obamney suddenly be against gay marriage when he single-handedly implemented it in MA?? Obamney is a bold faced liar!
“Gay marriage” in Massachusetts
http://massresistance.org/romney/#SSM
If you’re going to make an argument, (GOP) don’t make it so the claims can be easily refuted.
“Same-sex “marriage” is still NOT legal in Massachusetts, and was NOT created by the Supreme Judicial Court’s Goodridge ruling.
In fact, it was Governor Mitt Romney who was ultimately responsible for same-sex “marriages” taking place. The Supreme Judicial Court only issued an opinion and advised the Legislature to act (which it never did). Even the Court acknowledged that it had no power to change the law.
Governor Romney created these “marriages” through an unconstitutional and illegal directive to his Department of Public Health (to print new “marriage” licenses), and through his legal counsel threatened to fire any Town Clerk or Justice of the Peace who failed to implement the (non-existent) “new law”. He was not required by any constitutional mandate to do these things. On the contrary, his actions clearly violated his oath to uphold the laws of Massachusetts.”
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:31am16% Real Unemployment
15 Trillion in Debt
A possible DEMOCRAT fostered race war
Class Warfare
So many Obama DEMOCRAT accomplishments, and Barry wants to be the new arbiter of the DEFINITION of Marriage.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:46amsodomy and welfare ok but balancing the budget bad. I get it now thanks odummer I have “evolved” on the issues and feel stupider than ever
Report Post »momrules
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:30amMore proof that Obama’s coming out announcement was pre-planned. Biden’s *gaffe* was no gaffe.
Everything that happens with this administration is well planned and thought out in advance.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:48amplus look how the $$$ pro-gay anti-Romney ads were all ready to be broadcast as soon as it was out of comrade obama’s degenerate mouth.
45 Declared Goals of the Communist TakeOver of America (1963):
Report Post »#26: promote homosexuality and degeneracy as ‘normal’.
#40: discredit the American family.
Mark0331
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:29amSooooo he intends to run his re-election campaign on the homosexual issue????…talk about playing a desperate card…this Barry is delusional and grasping at straws. Like a lying child caught in the act, he deflects and says, ‘Look!! Over here,a bright shiny object!!’…pathetic and amusingly sad.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:24amAnything to hide the real issues. It’s the economy stupid.
Report Post »Timwi
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:24amThis was completely planned. The Obama camp had the democrat operatives who planned to unleash their story about Romney cutting off the hair of a gay classmate in high school. All of this was planned to manipulate the public. They have had this planned for some time.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:24amThe last time I checked, gay couples care about the economy too!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:26amIt costs a bundle to stay on top of the latest fashions.
Report Post »TheEDGE
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:58pmI can’t imagine that these elementary school tactics are going to work. Seriously! Would an overnight flip-flop like this have worked on 3rd graders? Come on homosexual community. Don’t be manipulated like so many blacks have been.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:23amOH and BTW.. Obama and Reid behind the scenes, smoke and mirrors, are ALREADY working again on the DREAM ACT! Pay attention.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:22amGo ahead, keep comparing Romney to Pres. Bush. Little do they know is that most people were AGAINST Bush towards the end of his term!
32 states have voted against gay marriage. That should say it all.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:21amHAHAHAHHA TAKE US BACK? to WHEN? Yesterday? More proof Obama’s got NOTHING on Romney. He and his goons must be getting SO frustrated! HAHAHAHA LOVE THE DESPERATION!
Report Post »mayihelpyou
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:21amAnother created “issue” for Obama’s flock of feeble minded sycophants. One that will backfire on him. As the votes taken tell, Americans define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:21amI knew Michelle was a man!!!!
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:32amOr Obama is a SHE! :)
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:39amFor some reason this song just popped into my head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXmMMSo47s
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:19amNice try Barry, but this election isn’t about gay marriage. It’s about your abysmal record and the stagnant economy you have fostered and debt you have accrued.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:40amWhat does Barry do when this ‘topic’ runs out of steam by Friday night?….You know SNL is working on a skit right now to trash Romney and praise Barry on this topic…..look for it this Saturday..like clockwork, they will milk this non issue for as much as its worth…‘Because they got this thing and its ’f*****g golden’…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:01amHe next gives lip service to something for illegals and runs ads to show how “anti immigration” Romney is. Not sure he will talk full amnesty, but maybe the Dream Act (or some such drivel) to gin up that portion of his base and get the money flowing.
Report Post »The American
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:17amYup just another distraction from Barry’s dismal record! To all you ****’s that want to get married, move to Massachusets and stay there where they seem to tolerate your immoral deviant lifestyle choices!
Report Post »Rogue Elephant
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:25amIt’s all orchestrated. His goal is to divide and conquer – play to the leftist stereotype that conservatives are misogynistic, homophobic, racists. He played the racism card w/ the Trayvon Martin case. He played the misogyny card with Sandra Fluke and the “War on Women”. Now, he’s playing the homophobia card with gay marriage.
This is all orchestrated. The “evolving” meme was a rope-a-dope. So was Sandra Fluke. He baits the media (mainstream and alternative). They take the bait, every time. See through it.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:31amWonder why we are not hearing anything from Berry of a plan to utilize the most abundant power supply we have in an acceptable way? Like spend some of the Solendra money figuring out how to extract the energy from coal. Creating thousands of American jobs and solving the energy issues forever. Putting us back in command of the global manufacturing process with the most affordable energy on the planet. Everything done in the last three and a half years are the dumbest things that could have been done. Let’s get these track records out on the table, I could care less what how queers do each other, doesn’t effect me.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:35am@ROGUE…You are so right…he and the ‘media’ have planned all of this out far in advance…the only people baited by it are his immoral, ignorant, idiotic base….like a kitten, they are easily distracted and impressed…So sad that we, as citizens, know that there are truly stupid people walking around upright pretending to be humans with intellect and ‘street smarts’…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:17amOne more example of Obama and his desperate bid to divert attention away from the facts of his destruction of the economy and pursuit of the fundamental transformation of the United States into a communist dictatorship. He cannot run on his record; so he is resorting to the time dishonored tactics of propaganda, hate/race/gender/economical warface and any lies they can spin for their base.
When Obama runs out of ideas and sees the end game in hand then the violence will ratched up with the unions, radicals and Occupy bands.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:17amGood. Mit run on this issue. Take us back. You will win.
Report Post »jrcess
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:16amI was told by many Obama was light in the loafers, that his wife is just a cover.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:26amMaybe Michelle is a HE? After all, Michelle is a little more muscular than most women!
Report Post »208hendrix2020
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:16amNice to know our president cant do anything but raise money… Strange how for over 3 years he hasnt done anything but now that its time to get back in the white house he suddenly cares what people think of him
Report Post »Mark
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:16amLet’s be honest, he already had the LGBT vote locked up before this announcement. Non-issue.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:37amI agree that he has gained nothing. It has fired up more people against him than for him.
Report Post »davidusa
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:46amBut…it may sway the religious blacks away from him.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:13amLooks like a pretty good ad for Romney to me. Romney should just copy it and change the end to “I’m Mitt Romney and I approve this message.”
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:11amThese robots of satan are sooooo lost, now and forever.
CHRISTIAN AMERICANS, on our knees for this country and one another.
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